On November 2, 2009, Winston & Strawn LLP announced that it had expanded its private equity practice and middle-market capabilities with the addition of Dominick P. DeChiara, Bradley C. Vaiana, Bryan C. Goldstein and Jennifer C. Kurtis, who have joined the firm’s New York office as partners. The attorneys came to Winston from Nixon Peabody, where DeChiara chaired the private equity practice.